'Owl in fishing line' rescue...

As the titles says...

I realize that this is a Facebook video and everyone doesn't have/like Facebook, but it should be available for anyone, if you can't see it, you can go on Youtube and watch other rescues, I did not see this particular one there 'yet' though.

Lost Creek Country Club Owl Rescue...
https://www.facebook.c​om …/videos/1258238​787557539/

Youtube...
https://www.youtube.co​m …s?search_query=​owl+rescue

Randy

This is awesome just sayin

That was great what he did getting the fishing line off of the Owl. It looked pretty tuckered out at that point.

That said and having worked with several local rehabilitators (I'm not claiming to be one or know the first thing about the health of an animal by just looking at it) I question if there was any damage done by the fishing line around the owls wings. Those feather layers are thick and although wildlife has a way of dealing what injuries they may suffer but I wonder if it would have been better to call in an expert, let them capture it (safer that way both for the owl and the human), give it a once over in the field or at a vet then determine if it's ready for release.

Just thinking out loud but kudos for them for actually seeing what was going on and doing something about it.

Pondrader wrote in post #18307073
This is awesome just sayin

It always is, nature sees it one way, we see it another, but I am like you, it makes me feel good to see this stuff.

Randy

Duane N wrote in post #18307171
That was great what he did getting the fishing line off of the Owl. It looked pretty tuckered out at that point.

That said and having worked with several local rehabilitators (I'm not claiming to be one or know the first thing about the health of an animal by just looking at it) I question if there was any damage done by the fishing line around the owls wings. Those feather layers are thick and although wildlife has a way of dealing what injuries they may suffer but I wonder if it would have been better to call in an expert, let them capture it (safer that way both for the owl and the human), give it a once over in the field or at a vet then determine if it's ready for release.

Just thinking out loud but kudos for them for actually seeing what was going on and doing something about it.

I thought the same thing, it was really good that he was able to get to the owl when he did. I am sure the reason that the owl was so subdued is that he was completely exhausted, otherwise that guy would have drew back a nub... heheh Still, you could see how happy it made the guy that volunteered to help. Like you mentioned, I feel that a professional would have been the better choice, but we weren't there, and in reality the owl may not have lasted until they either found a professional, or they got there, but a professional would have taken it to a level where this guy left off.

I have a taken a few birds to be helped, what these professionals can do is some really good stuff, I always try to give them as much monetary help as I can. I hate grackles, but once found one hopping in my yard that was completely covered in a white oil-base paint. I took him to a re-habber and paid her $50. to save him. Crazy, maybe, but once you see a life in your hands I feel responsible, if it were an owl I would have given a hundred. heheh

Surely there was some line that got to it and damaged something, I can't imagine the struggling this owl did before they found him, I'm just really happy that stump was in the water where he could at least rest and stay above water.
Had they 'caged it' until help arrived the owl may have hurt itself trying to escape, so maybe things all worked out O.K. for it, I sure hope.
It could have been worse, but it also could have been better too, I guess, a very lucky owl though as far as we know... now. (I hope, I hope!) The look on the face of the owl was good to see though, it was pretty funny in spots, I doubt he thought that though.

I'm a real softy when it comes to animals, I hate to see this, I can't watch certain ones that don't end well, I like to live with my head in the sand when it comes to that, being honest.

Randy

I don't want to take any credit away for the guy who saved the owl...he did an outstanding job keeping himself safe along with the owl. Not many people would have done what he did or took those chances. I'm sure if the owl started struggling he may have backed off but in the moment he reacted and it seems to have worked out for the both of them.

Any $$$ I make from my photography goes to local rehabilitators (I don't advertise that fact) because they operate with a shoe string budget and rely on donations and volunteers to help around the facility...which is usually their own homes. I will go out of my way to try and save/get help for any wildlife in distress.

thanks for sharing...it was cool to see...hopefully that owl stops fishing and goes back to hunting rodents

Duane N wrote in post #18307304
I don't want to take any credit away for the guy who saved the owl...he did an outstanding job keeping himself safe along with the owl. Not many people would have done what he did or took those chances. I'm sure if the owl started struggling he may have backed off but in the moment he reacted and it seems to have worked out for the both of them.

Any $$$ I make from my photography goes to local rehabilitators (I don't advertise that fact) because they operate with a shoe string budget and rely on donations and volunteers to help around the facility...which is usually their own homes. I will go out of my way to try and save/get help for any wildlife in distress.

Hey that guy is a hero in my book, he did do a very good job too, like you said. I'd do it too, my luck though I'd get all torn up!

That's really good that you do that though, I don't know many people that do that. It's guys like you that help out those that really are on a small budget, a few donations from a few is all they get sometimes. I wish more were like you. I wish more people thought like you too. I cannot even imagine a life without birds, people around me don't get it, or I'm weird, or both, I just love birds, so much so that I know I bore people with saying, "LOOK!", when I see one. heheh

Thanks for doing that, Duane!

Randy

DreDaze wrote in post #18307372
thanks for sharing...it was cool to see...hopefully that owl stops fishing and goes back to hunting rodents

No problem, at all, Andre, I figured that most would like it, it was a 'feel good' moment for me. Yeah, no telling what that owl was up to, he was probably whizzing through there and hit that line that was tangled in that tree above him, he didn't know what hit him, still doesn't. Hopefully he tells his friends about that area though.

Randy

This reminds me of other videos I have seen where the animal is either compliant or actually seeks out help and IMO also demonstrates a certain higher level of intelligence. As opposed to the dumb-assed animals that don't' realize they are being helped.

A lot of birds seem to me to be a lot more intelligent than a lot of larger mammals. (there are some pretty dumb birds though too).